Colonie EMS Department

10/22/2026

Congratulations to Our Newly Appointed Paramedics!

Congratulations to Emily, Alex, Gabe, Marcos, and Molly (not pictured) on their appointments as Paramedics with the Town of Colonie EMS Department!

This marks an important milestone for our department. Through grant funding, we were able to support employees attending paramedic school by covering staffing costs while they attended classes and clinical training, without requiring them to use their personal leave.

This is a meaningful investment in workforce development, helping remove financial and scheduling barriers to career advancement while strengthening our ability to serve the community.

Thank you to Peter Crummey Colonie Town Supervisor and the Town Board for supporting this initiative as well as Albany County for making this funding available.

Most importantly, congratulations to our five new Paramedics on their hard work and commitment to advancing their careers!

10/11/2026

The Town of Colonie EMS Department extends our deepest sympathies to Robert “Rocky” Stewart, the Stewart family, and the members of the Verdoy Fire Department following the tragic passing of Donna Stewart.

Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and the entire Verdoy Fire Department community during this difficult time. We stand alongside our fellow first responders in offering our heartfelt condolences and support.

10/08/2026

09/23/2026

Your Family Emergency Readiness Check
Emergencies can happen anytime but knowing what to do helps keep you safe.
The Albany County Department of Health wants to know if you are ready?
Test how ready you and your family are by answering these questions. If you answered "no" or "I'm not sure" to any of these questions, take time to make a plan and get what you need.
More Information & Resources:
• Ready.gov: Make a Plan https://www.ready.gov/plan
• Red Cross: How to Prepare for Emergencies https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/make-a-plan.html
• NYSDOH: Emergency Preparedness https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/
• ACDOH: Emergency Preparedness
https://www.albanycountyny.gov/emergency-preparedness

09/18/2026

Another busy day for Colonie EMS.

Today, our crews responded to a hazardous materials incident alongside our public safety partners. Thankfully, the timing was almost ironic, we had just reviewed hazardous materials response during our annual fall training last week.

It’s a good reminder that in EMS, we train for situations we hope we don’t encounter, because when they do happen, our crews need to be ready.

After yesterday’s significant fire response and today’s HazMat incident, we’re proud of the professionalism, flexibility, and teamwork our members continue to demonstrate while still answering the everyday calls for help throughout our community.

Great work by everyone involved, and stay safe.

09/17/2026

Earlier today, Colonie EMS responded alongside our fire service partners to a significant fire at a local apartment complex that resulted in multiple patients requiring transport to area hospitals.

While the fireground operation belonged to our fire department partners, we want to recognize the tremendous work of our on-duty Colonie EMS crews, as well as the members of our department who responded from home following an all-call for additional personnel. Their willingness to step in when our community needed additional resources helped us manage a complex, rapidly developing incident while continuing to provide EMS coverage throughout the Town.

We are also extremely grateful for the mutual aid support provided by EMS agencies from Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady and Rensselaer Counties. Major incidents like this demonstrate the importance of the mutual aid relationships that exist throughout our region.

Thank you to the Colonie Police Department for their actions and assistance on scene, and to our Communications Division for coordinating the significant number of resources involved while continuing to manage emergency communications throughout the Town.

Most importantly, we recognize our fire department partners whose members worked to bring the fire under control, protect residents, and manage a challenging fireground operation.

We also appreciate Town Supervisor Peter Crummey for coming to the scene and supporting our emergency services personnel and the response efforts underway.

Incidents like this require many agencies and many people working together. We are proud of the response of our crews and grateful for the strong public safety partnerships that make that possible.

09/11/2026

Today, we remember September 11, 2001 — a day of unimaginable loss, but also a day that showed the very best of what it means to serve.

In the hours and days that followed, first responders from across the country answered a call for help. Colonie EMS was among them.

At a moment’s notice, members of our department left their homes, their families, and our community and traveled south to assist. Some of those responders still serve with Colonie EMS today. Others have retired or continued their careers elsewhere. Wherever their paths have taken them, we remain incredibly proud of them and grateful for their willingness to step forward when they were needed most.

Not everyone went to New York City. Someone still had to answer the calls here at home. That, too, is part of what September 11 reminds us about public service: every role mattered. Everyone had a responsibility, and no one hesitated to do their part.

Twenty-five years later, the legacy of that service spans generations.

Some of the people working at Colonie EMS today were not yet born on September 11, 2001. Others remember exactly where they were when the world changed. Among our ranks are those who served in our military in the years and conflicts that followed, and others who were inspired by the events of that day to pursue careers in EMS, fire, law enforcement, the military and other forms of public service.

That may be one of the most enduring lessons of September 11: service is passed forward.

The ambulances, medicine and technology have changed, and a new generation now wears the uniform, but the commitment remains the same. When someone calls for help, we answer. On an ordinary day or in an extraordinary moment, first responders show up for people they may have never met simply because someone needs them.

We are especially grateful to everyone who invited Colonie EMS to participate in remembrance ceremonies and events throughout our community today. It is an honor to stand alongside our fellow first responders, neighbors and community organizations as we remember together.

We also thank Peter Crummey Colonie Town Supervisor for recognizing our staff and the first responders of the Town of Colonie at last night’s Town Board meeting. That acknowledgment is especially meaningful on a day that reminds us how important service to one another truly is.

Today, we honor those who lost their lives, those who ran toward danger, those who answered the call from communities like ours, those who served our nation in the years that followed, and those who stayed behind to ensure their neighbors remained protected.

We are proud of the Colonie EMS members who served then, grateful for those who serve today, and thankful for a community that continues to remember alongside us.

We remember those who served. We honor those who sacrificed. And we carry their example forward.

05/26/2026

Thank you!